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Babylon

Mesopotamian capital that peaked twice: under Hammurabi (c. 1792-1750 BCE, his law code among history's earliest) and again under Nebuchadnezzar II (604-561 BCE), whose Ishtar Gate and Etemenanki ziggurat are archaeologically confirmed. The legendary Hanging Gardens, credited to Nebuchadnezzar in later tradition, appear in no surviving Babylonian text and their existence at this site is unconfirmed - kept separate here from the well-attested city itself.

Dated events and their evidence

• 1,792 BCE mainstream
  peak under Hammurabi, law code issued source
• 604 BCE mainstream
  peak under Nebuchadnezzar II, Ishtar Gate built source

Where

32.5425° N, 44.4211° E

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon

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